• gareis (15/15) May 26 2007 ---
• gareis (7/7) May 26 2007 Argh -- forget that. I forget that regexps require an extra level of esc...
• Jarrett Billingsley (7/12) May 26 2007 If you use WYSIWYG strings, you can avoig the ugly double escaping:
• Deewiant (4/6) May 26 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
• Don Clugston (3/9) May 29 2007 Where I come from, 'pound sign' has always meant ₤, and # is 'hash'.
• Jarrett Billingsley (5/8) May 29 2007 Oh I guess that's called a pound sign too, but whenever you say "pound s...
• Chris Nicholson-Sauls (3/13) May 29 2007 I've oft heard it called a "Sterling".
• davidb (6/15) May 26 2007 ---

gareis <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:

---
import std.regexp;
int main () {
    char[] foo = "foo = bar";

    return 0;
}
---

This outputs "Error: invalid range". According to the documentation, this

not preceded by a backslash.

Adding an octalthorpe doesn't help matters; it produces the same error. Also,
adding the attribute argument doesn't help.

With an example this small, I think this is probably a bug, but I'd like to
check here before submitting a report -- am I doing something wrong?

gareis <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:

Argh -- forget that. I forget that regexps require an extra level of escaping;
that should have been:
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This is why I ask now rather than submitting bug reports first.

Thanks!

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"gareis" <dhasenan gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:f399o6$n1f$1 digitalmars.com...
 Argh -- forget that. I forget that regexps require an extra level of 
 escaping;
 that should have been:
 ---


If you use WYSIWYG strings, you can avoig the ugly double escaping:



or



I've also never heard of a pound sign being called an "octalthorpe"? 

Deewiant <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam gmail.com> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 I've also never heard of a pound sign being called an "octalthorpe"? 
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign

-- 
Remove ".doesnotlike.spam" from the mail address.

Don Clugston <dac nospam.com.au> writes:

Deewiant wrote:
 Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 I've also never heard of a pound sign being called an "octalthorpe"? 

 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
 


(BTW, what do you call ₤?)

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"Don Clugston" <dac nospam.com.au> wrote in message 
news:f3grec$uqq$1 digitalmars.com...


 what do you call ??)

Oh I guess that's called a pound sign too, but whenever you say "pound sign" 

so. 

Chris Nicholson-Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 "Don Clugston" <dac nospam.com.au> wrote in message 
 news:f3grec$uqq$1 digitalmars.com...

 what do you call ??)

 
 Oh I guess that's called a pound sign too, but whenever you say "pound sign" 

 so. 
 
 

I've oft heard it called a "Sterling".

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

davidb <ta-nospam-zz gmx.at> writes:

gareis schrieb:
 Argh -- forget that. I forget that regexps require an extra level of escaping;
 that should have been:
 ---

 ---
 
 This is why I ask now rather than submitting bug reports first.
 
 Thanks!

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works as well

david